A fresh threat from President Donald Trump’s budget office of mass firings of federal workers if the government shuts down Oct. 1 incensed Democratic leaders and ramped up the political and economic stakes if lawmakers and the White House can’t reach a deal.

Only some of the plaintiffs in a wrongful death suit accusing a US Army hospital of negligence can sue, and they’re limited in the damages they can seek, a federal trial court said.

President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas was a warning shot to Corporate America to toe the line on immigration. It also deals another financial blow to universities already battered by the administration’s crusade against top colleges.

Lee Memorial Health System is immune from a proposed class action over its use of Meta Platforms’ business tools, like the tracking pixel and the Conversions Application Programming Interface, a court ruled.

A federal judge allowed Eli Lilly & Co.‘s lawsuit alleging a drug compounder sold untested and unapproved versions of its obesity treatment to proceed while he also dismissed some of the drugmaker’s claims.

A string of lawsuits against a health-care consultant is spotlighting confusion around the arbitration process meant to stop surprise medical bills, as insurers allege providers are intentionally flooding the zone with ineligible claims.